1939 HK 494 R-3 ALUMINUM NORTH CAROLINA DOLLAR NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR KITTY HAWK!

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1939/40 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR NORTH CAROLINA DOLLAR HK 494 RAW NICE !!
So-Called Dollars
NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR
1939-1940
NEW YORK, NY
Purpose:
To commemorate 150th anniversary of Inauguration of George Washington as our First President by "presenting a...comprehensive picture of the epochal achievements of a century and a half of modern civilization..." and to "show the way toward improvement of all factors contributing to human welfare."
Organization:
Our largest exposition ever. Preliminary Committee of 6 appointed June 1935. Exposition Co. chartered Oct. 1935, capital ,000,000; public subscription to stock. City granted ,500,000; state over ,000,000 and Congress ,000,000.
Site:
Over 1,200 acres, 3 1/2 miles by 1 1/2 miles at widest, Flushing Meadows, Long Island; previously used as city dump; now mostly built over but portion is a park. This site also hosted the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Dates, Attendance:
First year, April 30 to Oct. 31, 1939; second year, May 11 to Oct. 27, 1940. Total attendance, both years, over 45,000,000 paid.
Participants:
All states and territories and 63 foreign countries, latter number the largest ever. Dozens of both erected own buildings. Exhibits exceeded 50,000; many Federal displays
but no Mint Exhibit.
Comment:
Architecture was modern in character reflecting "individual freedom of thought of those creating it." From this great exposition, and from 1933 Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, came "cleanness of line, simplicity and color consciousness" carried over later into shops, interiors and industry. Grounds were so designed that important plaza at each entrance led to Fair's dominant feature, Theme Center or famous Trylon and Perisphere.
Latter was true sphere, 180 ft. in diameter, 18 stories high. It housed Theme Exhibit or "Garden City of Tomorrow," largest model city ever built; flanked by Trylon, 700 ft. triangular obelisk. Exposition was divided into zones--each a significant phase of modern life, e.g., Government, Transportation, Communication, Shelter, Clothing, Food, etc. Railroad exhibit was largest on grounds and there was privately sponsored numismatic exhibit.
NORTH CAROLINA DOLLAR
Distributed as advertising piece by North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development at North Carolina exhibit at Exposition. Issue limited to 25,000 pieces donated by Aluminum Co. of America (now Alcoa, Inc.), which has plant located in state.
Obv.
In upper half are mountains with auto parked in observation area at base; above
Great Smoky Mts. Natl. Park
; in lower half
For Information Write
/
Governor's
/
Hospitality Committee
/
Raleigh, N. C.
/
North Carolina
; at r. border is Indian head in profile.
Rev.
In upper half is replica of first airplane; above
First Flight
/
Orville and Wilbur Wright
; below plane
Kitty Hawk 1903
; in lower half is female bust facing r. with island in background; above
Roanoke Island
; to l. of bust
Birthplace
/
of
, to r. of bust
Virginia
/
Dare
; to l. border, microscopic
W. & H. Co.
HK-494
Aluminum. 38mm.
I
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, DOG TAGS, SUTLERS, LOVE TOKENS,
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